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A key component of social life, discourse mediates the processes of class formation and social conflict. Drawing on dialogic theory and building on the work of E. P. Thompson, Marc W. Steinberg argues for the importance of incorporating discursive analysis into the historical reconstruction of class experience. Amending models of collective action, he offers new insights on how discourse shapes the dynamics of popular protest. To support his thesis, he presents studies of two English trade groups in the 1820s: cotton spinners from Lancashire factory towns and London silk weavers. For each case, Steinberg closely examines the labor process, industrial organization, social life, community politics, discursive struggles, and collective actions. By describing how workers shared experiences of exploitation and oppression in their daily lives, he shows how discourses of contention were products of struggle and how they framed possibilities for collective action. Embracing work in literary theory, sociocultural psychology, and cultural studies, Fighting Words claims a middle ground between postmodern and materialist analyses.

101 Ways to Dump on Your Ex
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101 Ways to Dump on Your Ex
Oaky Miller
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Ability Development from Age Zero (Suzuki Method International)
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Light but fulfilling reading

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Inspirational, although weaker than "Nurtured by Love"

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Ability Development from Age Zero (Suzuki Method International)
Shinichi Suzuki
Manufacturer: Alfred Publishing Company
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Studying Suzuki Piano: More Than Music : A Handbook for Teachers, Parents, and Students (Suzuki Method International)

ASIN: 0874875803

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Recommended for parents of Suzuki method students. In this sequel to NURTURED BY LOVE, Dr. Suzuki states that, the fate of the child is in the hands of his parents. With this book he shows how to create a warm environment which will encourage any child to become a happy, loving and talented human being. Written by Shinichi Suzuki, translated by Mary Louise Nagata.

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Idealistically simple, built on utopian, solid principles..........2006-02-07

I enjoyed this quick read, it is comparable to Suzuki becoming Yoda, and teaching us to see through eyes that will save future generations through music. The truisms are often self-evident, but nice to be reminded of. I completely agree with the underlying emphasis of conscious though and passionate devotion as fodder for developing a musicality born of compassion and sensitivity not limited to the musical staff, but sprouted and spread to the scape of of ones entire lifestyle.

Light but fulfilling reading.......2003-12-20

This is very easy and light reading. It is a glimpse into the heart of the man who proved a good deal regarding education methods. The genuine feelings conveyed by Suzuki in this book refresh the soul...for parents and non-parents.

A must read for every parent!.......2003-02-22

I read this book thinking it would give me information about my son starting Suzuki violin. Instead, it spoke only briefly about music lessons, and quite a bit about parenting and nuturing children. I loved Sukuki's thoughts about how important it is to be a good role model for your child. So many parents forget this. This book is easy to read in a weekend. I have gone back to it numerous times. I recommend it to every parent.

Inspirational, although weaker than "Nurtured by Love".......2003-01-21

This book is similar in message to Suzuki's earlier book, "Nurtured by love". Suzuki-humanist and philosopher is more evident here than in that other book. Praise from the parent, developing child's concentration and setting fun tasks that can be accomplished are some of advises on rearing children. Suzuki strongly believes that the real education is at home and therefore advocates for parents' self-reflecting: you reap what you saw, therefore you should strive to be a fine person yourself to raise fine children.

As in "Nurtured by love", some of the life philosophy sounds a bit out of place: "act quickly on what you think", while an excellent advice, should have been tied in with the rest of the book. The same goes for other maxims, such as "do not cheat yourself". Both "Nurtured by Love" and "Ability Development" suffer from the lack of directed studies and critical analysis of much that Suzuki postulates. Intuitively though, his theories sound very appealing, while the great optimism and love for children shine through the imperfections of the books.

The book reads like a somewhat watered-down version of "Nurtured by Love", which I would recommend instead of this one.

better than Nurtured By Love.......2000-05-05

Touching, a great learning trip for me as a Suzuki teacher and parent. Good to read again and again.

The World Chess Championship 1963 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)
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Botvinnik-Petrosian; Tactics Vs Strategy

tigran petrosian wins the world chess championship

The World Chess Championship 1963 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)
Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik , and Tigran Petrosian
Manufacturer: Hardinge Simpole
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ASIN: 1843820110

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From 1948 until 1963 Mikhail Botvinnik, the iron man of soviet chess and chess board devotee of Josef Stalin, had maintained his grip on the supreme title. Tigran Petrosian was a super subtle strategist.

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Synopsis.......2007-07-11

From 1948 until 1963 Mikhail Botvinnik, the iron man of soviet chess and chess board devotee of Josef Stalin, had maintained his grip on the supreme title, in spite of threats from the younger generations represented by Smyslov and Tal. Now in 1963 a new force arose. Tigran Petrosian was a super subtle strategist who could make even an extra half a square tell in the balance. In this match , which finally broke Botvinnik's dominance for good, Botvinnik was cast in the role of impatient aggressor while the younger challenger eventually triumphed by a combination of extreme patience and the most exquisite endgame play ever witnessed at world championship level.
Bob Wade OBE, Britain's expert on Soviet chess, was ideally placed to comment on the games of this extraordinary contest and to delve into the preparation methods and psychology of both sides. Soviet Chess, his classic work on chess in the USSR, is a companion volume in this series.

Botvinnik-Petrosian; Tactics Vs Strategy.......2002-07-30

Soviet Chess expert Bob Wade collects and annotates the tough games of the Botvinnik-Petrosian 1963 World Championship. In this volume, the exciting tension between the aggressor Botvinnik and the patient and persitent Petrosian is clear throughout. Wade examines the games to expert level, providing a clear understanding of how Petrosian took the world title from a supposedly unbeatable champion. A fundamental work and a Hardinge and Simpole chess classic.

tigran petrosian wins the world chess championship.......2002-07-23

petrosian beat botvinnik in moscow 1963 to become the 9th world chess champion. in this book international master bob wade annotates every game with great care and also takes into account the best soviet sources of information.for lovers of endings this book is a must-the fifth game -won by petrosian - is probably the most subtle endgame ever played in a world chess championship. i also very much liked the inclusion of training games played by botvinnik which otherwise might have been lost to chess history!

The World Chess Championship 1963: M.M. Botvinnik v. Tigran Petrosian

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Robert Graham Wade
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The World Chess Championship 1963; M M Botvennik v Tigran Petrosian

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The World Chess Championship 1963; M M Botvennik v Tigran Petrosian
R G Wade
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If you've ever transferred handwritten notes to electronic documents, you know how awkward it can be--figuring out the scrawls in the margin, inputting the pertinent information, shuffling through sheaves of paper to find a missing note. There's nothing efficient about that! Enter Microsoft's OneNote note-taking software and this handy Visual QuickStart Guide. With an interface that resembles a tabbed notebook, Microsoft's brand-new software mimics pen-and-paper-based note-taking--but brings a whole new level of efficiency to the process. Single notes can contain both typed characters and handwriting (say lecture notes and a hand-drawn graph); you can input text anywhere on a page; you can drag in text and pictures from Web sites; and there are a variety of options for organizing, formatting, searching, and accessing notes--all of which are explained in friendly, concise fashion in these pages. You'll also find chapters on using OneNote with Microsoft Office apps and tablet PCs as well as plenty of tips and visual aids.

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A solid introduction to OneNote 2003.......2007-03-14

Microsoft OneNote 2003 is a surprisingly rich application. And this entry in the Visusal QuickStart Guide series, which is typically above average, maintains the series' reputation. It is a concise, profusely illustrated guide to the basics of OneNote. Whether it delves deeply enough into the application might be a matter of individual opinion, but the book will certainly take you way past the starting the point.

Some of the directions are a bit too terse, but still get the point across.

The nicest part of the Visual QuickStart Guide series is that they are generally free of fluff and this one is no exception.

Overall, a pretty good introduction to Microsoft OneNote 2003.

Jerry

Very QuickStart.......2005-10-16

This book is rather short but I guess that is by design. a Long book would not really be a QUICK start. It covered the basics though.

better than a Newton.......2005-01-24

OneNote might remind you of earlier efforts to make tablet PCs, or Apple's ill-fated Newton of ten years ago. Here, Microsoft is following a familiar pattern of waiting for a field to shake out and settle down, before introducing its product.

The book shows OneNote as having nice usability. Integrating the capture of handwritten notes with text and diagrams is pretty neat. No big surprises in innovation are revealed. The accessibility of the information that you store is also important, and well done. There are simple shortcuts, like opening the notebook at the last page you were looking at.

Microsoft Office Word 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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Maria Langer
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If you've touched a computer in the past decade, odds are good that you've used Microsoft Word. But would you consider yourself a master "Word-smith?" It's doubtful, considering all of the features packed into the world's most popular word processing program. Fortunately for you, Word 2003 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide is fully updated to bring you quickly up-to-speed on all of the latest version's new features. You start with Word basics such as text, formatting, and printing before moving on to more complex Word features, such as objects, tables, charts, outlines, and Web publishing. Whether you're trying to get a grip on all of the new version's latest offerings, or simply in need of a handy reference for those moments when Word has you stumped, Word 2003 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide makes the perfect task-based reference.

Office 2003 XML for Power Users (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

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Office 2003 XML for Power Users (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
Matthew MacDonald
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ASIN: 1590592646

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This book quickly introduces the XML standards (including schemas, XPath, and XML transforms), and the philosophy of XML. It then shows how the XML technology embedded into Office 2003 can be used to share and transform data in an enterprise. This book is aimed at experienced Office users that want to use XML to unlock the data in Office spreadsheets and documents. A secondary audience is IT professionals seeking to learn about XML and how it is implemented in Office 2003.

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on the World Wide Web, intranets, and elsewhere. For example, computer makers might agree on a standard or common way to describe the information about a computer product (processor speed, memory size, and so forth) and then describe the product information format with XML.

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Microsoft Office 2003 Deluxe Quick Reference Card Bundle-6 MS Office Software Quick Start Training Cards: Learn Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher & Access. Shortcuts, Cheats, Tips & Tricks Guides. 6 Pg. Ea-Tri-Fold. Stores Easy. Office 2003 (Software Quick Reference Cards)

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Microsoft Office 2003 Deluxe Quick Reference Card Bundle-6 MS Office Software Quick Start Training Cards: Learn Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher & Access. Shortcuts, Cheats, Tips & Tricks Guides. 6 Pg. Ea-Tri-Fold. Stores Easy. Office 2003 (Software Quick Reference Cards)

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The Microsoft Office Deluxe 2003 Quick Start Card Bundle includes everything you'll need to learn the basic features of Microsoft 2003 - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher & Access. The following Quick Start Cards are included: Microsoft Word 2003 Quick Start Card, Microsoft Excel 2003 Quick Start Card, Microsoft Outlook 2003 Quick Start Card, Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Quick Start Card, Microsoft Publisher 2003 Quick Start Card, Microsoft Access 2003 Quick Start Card

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The Microsoft Office Standard 2003 Quick Start Card Bundle includes everything you'll need to learn the basic features of Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Excel 2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, and Microsoft Outlook 2003. The following Quick Start Cards are included: Microsoft Word 2003 Quick Start Card, Microsoft Excel 2003 Quick Start Card, Microsoft Outlook 2003 Quick Start Card, Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Quick Start Card

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Quick Start Cards a must have...........2007-06-26

Once we received the Quick Start cards for MS Office 2003, we used them to create Office training for our employees, that covered the ins and outs of Office. The cards have proven very valuable.

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